July 4th

Species: Northern Pike Size: ~17″ Lure used: white pearl super fluke w/ red hook Date: 7/4/2009 Time: 8-9:30pm Body of water: Poplar Lake Location: Gunflint Trail Weather Conditions: clear Having been disappointed the night before, I wanted to go after…

The One That Got Away

Species: Northern Pike Size: 17″ Lure used: white pearl super fluke w/ red hook Species: Unknown Size: 16-17″ Lure used: white pearl super fluke w/ red hook Species: Smallmouth bass Size: 9.5″ Lure used: white pearl super fluke w/ red…

Reconnaissance

Date: 7/3/2009 Time: 5-6:00pm Body of water: Poplar Lake Location: Gunflint Trail Weather Conditions: clear Water temp: 65 degrees Ken and I spent the good part of the day installing his new fish finder on his pontoon. Once it was…

Splurge for Color

For you more experienced anglers, what I’m about to say is going to come out of the “well, duh” category of fishing. But to those of us that haven’t had the privilege, you don’t know what you’re missing til you’ve…

Slow Night

Date: 7/1/2009 Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm Body of water: Lake Owasso Location: Shoreview, MN Weather Conditions: scattered clouds My old colleague that had introduced me to the super fluke actually lives in Orchard Lake where I fished last week and after our…

Almost Skunked

Species: Largemouth Bass Size: ~17″ Lure used: white pearl super fluke with split shot Date: 6/24/2009 Time: 7pm-9:00pm Body of water: Orchard Lake Location: Lakeville, MN Weather Conditions: rain in the early afternoon, scattered clouds while fishing My colleague John…

Fishing (not singing) in the Rain

Species: Largemouth Bass Size: ~14″ Lure used: white pearl super fluke (first cast of the night!) Date: 6/19/2009 Time: 7pm-9:30pm Body of water: Lake Owasso Location: Shoreview, MN Weather Conditions: overcast and rain My neighbor, Mark, and I went out…

Walleye Frenzy

Species: Walleye Size: 12″ Lure used: leech on lindey rig Species: Largemouth Bass Size: 12″ Lure used: white pearl super fluke Species: Largemouth Bass Size: 12″ Lure used: white pearl super fluke Date: 6/14/2009 Time: 7:30-11:30am Body of water: Bald…

New Fishing Buddy

Mark is a neighbor of mine that lives two houses down from me. We are the second house off the corner, so he’s actually across a street. That extra psychological barrier usually prevents either from us from seeing each other…